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Bela Bela Local Municipality

Municipality / municipal entity · Limpopo · 7 published awards, 2023Q3 to 2025Q2

Based on tenders published to the National Treasury eTenders portal. Municipalities and SOEs are not obliged to publish here: absence of data is not absence of procurement. Coverage for this buyer: 86% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.

What it buys (6 categories)

Supplies: Electrical Equipment · 2 awards (28.6%)Supplies: Electrical Equipment2 awardsCreative, arts and entertainment activities · 1 awards (14.3%)Creative, arts and entertainment activities1 awardsTelecommunications · 1 awards (14.3%)Telecommunications1 awardsManufacture of rubber and plastics products · 1 awards (14.3%)Manufacture of rubber and plastics …1 awardsWater collection, treatment and supply · 1 awards (14.3%)Water collection, treatment and sup…1 awardsConstruction · 1 awards (14.3%)Construction1 awards
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Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 1 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 1 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 3 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 2 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 7 (100%)

Median advertised window: 17 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

7 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 14% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.14.

Largest winners by award count: PHETA TRADING ENTERPRISE (1), FATIMA SOURCING AND FREIGHT (1), REORATILE GROUP (1).

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Buyers with similar baskets

Nearest procurement mixes by revealed specialisation (cosine similarity), regardless of sphere or size. Descriptive, not a comparison of performance.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Bela Bela Local Municipality hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (5 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (4 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (3 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (3 peers), Services: General (2 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.

Capital spend context

Audited capital expenditure for Bela Bela (LIM366) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 7 awards published here. Large capex with few published awards usually means procurement happens outside the eTenders portal, not that it is not happening.

FY2023
R123m
FY2024
R161m
FY2025
R220m

Full financials on Municipal Money →

Neighbours also buying

Categories several buyers in Limpopo awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.

  • Services: Professional · 9 buyers e.g. Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Office of the Premier; Limpopo - Public Works
  • Construction · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. Higher Education and Training - Mopani East TVET College; Limpopo - Public Works; South African National Biodiversity Institute
  • Supplies: General · 4 buyers e.g. South African Revenue Service; Sekhukhune District Municipality; Limpopo - Limpopo Roads Agency
  • Other service activities · 4 buyers e.g. Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; South African Local Government Association
  • Information and communication · 3 buyers e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Education